bithiúnach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bithbinech (“habitually criminal, vicious; (habitual) criminal, thief, robber”), from bith (“lasting, permanent, perpetual”) (compare modern bith- (“ever-, constant”)) + binech (“criminal”).

Noun

bithiúnach m (genitive singular bithiúnaigh, nominative plural bithiúnaigh)

  1. cheat, crook, malefactor, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rough, ruffian, scoundrel, thug, varlet, villain

Declension
Declension of bithiúnach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bithiúnach bithiúnaigh
Vocative a bhithiúnaigh a bhithiúnacha
Genitive bithiúnaigh bithiúnach
Dative bithiúnach bithiúnaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bithiúnach na bithiúnaigh
Genitive an bhithiúnaigh na mbithiúnach
Dative leis an mbithiúnach

don bhithiúnach

 leis na bithiúnaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bithiúnach bhithiúnach mbithiúnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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